Sorry about the poor formatting of the document.

Remember all these questions are taken

from the preparation links mentioned in my article. ( https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-got-
tableau-certified-you-can-too-saahithi-jyothy-surapaneni/) Some questions are taken from
elsewhere (link is not provided in the article). I neither came up with these questions on my
own nor are these that I came through in my Tableau exam. This document purpose is to give a
quick revision of what you learnt so far and test your capability.
For those questions which have answers in Bold. Try to un bold them and answer them first. For
those without any answers try to familiarize with the concept. All the Best.

1. To connect to multiple tables in a single data source at one time, what must be specified?
a. A blend
b. A calculation
c. A join
d. A hierarchy

2. Tableau can create worksheet-specific filters.

a. True
b. False

3. What does the box in a box plot represent?

a. Maximum extent of the data
b. The range of the middle half of the data points
c. The median of the middle half of the data points
d. The outliers of the data

4. The interquartile range is the difference between the 2nd and 3rd quartiles.
False

5. The median is the number separating the lower half of the data from the higher half. It is the
same as the 50th percentile or the 2nd quartile.
True

6. The calculation [Ship Date] - [Order Date] will return

number of days between them

7. What is wrong with this If Statement If [Sales] > 100 and "Delivery Truck" then 0 else
[Shipping Cost] End
id shld be [shipping mode] = ‘Delivery truck’

8. What will the function Left(3,"Tableau") return?

error

9. All rows from both tables are returned in an INNER JOIN.

False
10. LEFT JOIN returns all rows from the left table, with the matching rows in the right table.
True

11. A LEFT JOIN or INNER JOIN creates a row each time the join criteria is satisfied, which can
result in duplicate rows. One way to avoid this is to use data blending instead.
True

12. The term “addressing” refers to the direction of a calculation.

True

13. SUM is a table calculation.

False

14. The benefits of creating a Tableau data extract include improving performance and allowing
offline access to the data.
True

15. The metadata grid displays the fields in your data source in columns.
False

16. _______ is a technique in Tableau which will identify marks with similar characteristics.
Clustering

17. Which of the following is used to assess trendline significance:

p-value

18. If you would like your Top N or Bottom N set to change depending on what filter choices are
changed, what type of filter should use use?
Context Filters

19. Sorts can break the dimension hierarchy. In other words, Tableau will rearrange any the
headers of the fields that appear to the left of the sorted field.
False

20. Which of the following are generated fields in Tableau? (select all that apply)
Number of Records, Measure Names

21. Pareto charts combine the following elements

22. Bullet graphs combine bar charts and reference lines

True
23. You want to email a packaged workbook containing a Tableau Dashboard to a coworker
who does not have a license for Tableau Desktop. Which application will allow her to view the
dashboard you send via email?
Tableau Reader

24. A visual best practice is that if you are using a color gradient to represent a continuous
variable which can be negative or positive, you should use a single color range
False
25. The AVG function does not treat null values as zeros. Rather, the AVG function ignores null
values.
True

26. An aggregated calculation can be multiplied by a non-aggregated constant.

true

27. When using a _____ join the result is a table that contains all values from the left table and
corresponding matches from the right table.
left

28. If you see duplicate data after doing a join you may be able to eliminate the duplication by
which of the following?
Combine the tables using a cross database join rather than a standard join
Add a duplicate filter to your data
Change the join condition
Change to a full outer join

29. _______ is a tendency to increase or decrease over time

Seasonality
Slope
Trend
Gradient

30. Which of the following graph types provide information on the distribution of a continuous
measure?
Pie Chart
Heat Map
Box Plot
Packed Bubbles

31. Positive skewness means the extreme values are to the right, while negative skewness
means the extreme values are to the left.
true
32. When you sort data in a hierarchy, Tableau rearranges headers that appear before the
sorted field. false

33. Context Filters are executed after data source filters.

true
34. Tableau displays an axis when you drop this onto the Rows or Column shelf.
Continuous field
Discrete field
Measure names
Measure values

35. Gantt charts are useful for:

Showing changes to a continue variable over time
Displaying duration of events or activities over time
Showing how a measure varies with respect to one or more dimensions
Display the distribution of a continuous variable

36. Bins acts as containers that summarize data for a specific range of values. Without using a
calculated field, Tableau's bin feature allows you to create variable sized bins.
false

37. You can combine multiple worksheets in a single dashboard.

true

38. If a dashboard is difficult to view on a smartphone, you can use the _____ designer to
create a phone-specific view of your dashboard:
device designer

39. A ___ action allows Tableau to open a page on an external website.

URL

40. To connect to multiple tables in a single data source at one time, what must be specified?
A Blend
A Calculation
A join
A hierarchy

41. What is the use of data interpreter option in tableau?

To structure the unstructured data
To interpret the data
For predictive analysis
All of these

42. While using custom sql option during data connection, which options get disable/removed
from data page?
Data interpreter
Union
Both A and B
None of these

43. When to use extract option in tableau? – MCQ (Select all that apply)
When you want to embed data inside tableau file
when you want to share the file without sharing the data connection information
When you want to store the connection path
When you want to compress the data

44. To add cross data source join ______ must be specified

Type of join
Relation
Primary and foreign key
None of these

45. If I changed the layout of worksheet from standard to fit entire view and next I changed the
chart using show me, what will be the layout of the worksheet?
Standard
Fit width
Fit height
Fit entire view

46. What is the correct way to calculate price of a product?

Sum(sales)/sum(quantity)
Sum(sales/quantity)
Sales/quantity

47.Which columns you cannot delete in tableau – MCQ

Measure names
Measure values
Number of records
Longitude

48. You cannot change a dimension to continuous

True
False
49. You cannot create bins of measures?
True
False

50. Latitude and longitude are tableau generated fields

True
False

51. We can use measure names in creating custom column

True
False

52. For bullet graph, you need ____ dimensions?

1
2
0 or more
All of these

53. For creating line chart, what is required?

Date field
Continuous field
Both A and B

54. What is the color of attribute in tableau?

Blue
Green
Black
None of these

55.In shelf calculated columns are

Worksheet specific
Field specific
Workbook specific
Data specific

56. What is the color of tik mark on primary and secondary data source?
Blue, orange
Orange, blue
Blue, blue
Orange, orange

57. A dimension is a field that typically holds

discrete qualitative data
58. Dates are typically treated as
dimensions

59. The icon next to a field means that field is

geographic

60. Which of the following charts types always includes bars sorted in descending order?
Pareto Chart

61. Which of the following charts uses binned data?

Histogram

62. If a field has a blue background, that means the field is

discrete

63. When might you want to use a context filter?

When you want to FIRST apply a filter and THEN show the Top N or Bottom N elements

64.This type level of detail expression computes total sales for the region, regardless of what
dimensions are shown in the view.
{ FIXED [Region] : SUM([Sales]) }

65.Adding a dimension to the row or column shelf will filter your data.
False

66. Suppose that your data has a dimension called "Product Category," which has the values
"Furniture," "Office Supplies," and "Technology." Which of the following should you use to
combine Furniture and Office Supplies into a single category?
Hierarchy

67. All rows from both tables are returned in an INNER JOIN.
False

68. LEFT JOIN returns all rows from the left table, with the matching rows in the right table.
True

69. A LEFT JOIN or INNER JOIN creates a row each time the join criteria is satisfied, which can
result in duplicate rows. One way to avoid this is to use data blending instead.
True

70) What is the colour of Discrete Measures in Tableau?

RED
 ORANGE
BLUE
GREEN

71) For Bullet Graphs we need at-least ____________ measures

3
4
2
1

72) Which graph is the best to show Comparison between Actual and Target measures ?
Heat Map
Bullet Graph
Bar
Line

73) Which Aggregate Function is used to calculate Distinct Count ?

AVG()
COUNT()
COUNTD()
SUM()

74) Which is not an LOD function out of below ?

INCLUDE
FIXED
INDEX
EXCLUDE

75) Which is not an action out of below ?

Filter
URL
Tooltip
Running

76. ________ is used to distribute these interactive workbooks and/or reports to the right
audience
Sets
Tableau Server
Tableau Public
Tableau Desktop
77. Tableau 10 new feature can Join data from_________ data source(s) and can connect to
________
different, text file
same, excel sheet
same, oracle DB
different, google sheet

78. Which is not a new feature in TABLEAU 10?

Now you can Blend data from different data sources
Access to Oracle Procedure
Catch extract refresh issues before they become a problem. Tableau can alert you to possible
extract refresh issues via email, so you can quickly resolve them.
The updated Tableau Online Sync client now emails data source owners if a refresh fails.

79. Below is an example of Continuous field (by default)?

Sales
Customer Segment
Date
Product Category

80. Which is a false statement about Parameter ?

Parameters can't be used in calculation.
Parameters can access across different Data Sources
We can Select Parameters via 4 ways only
Parameters can make static values dynamic.

81. Which is not a Filter?

Extract Filter
Context
Quick Filter
Tooltip Filter

82. Parameters can be used in

Dimension Filters
Tooltip
Summary
Quick Filter

83. Which language does Tableau support for data manipulation while importing the dataset?
a. SQL
b. R
c. Both A and B
d. None of these

84. Which of the following returns Absolute value of a given number?

a. ABS(number)
b. ATTR(number)
c. CEILING(number)
d. None of above

85. How data is stored in .tde file ?

a. Row wise
b. Column wise
c. Document type
d. None of above

86. If blending is applied, then is it necessary to drop common field in a view containing fields of
two different data sources on which blending is applied a
. True
b. False

87. If we drop 2 measures in rows/columns, what will be the output

a. Axis
b. Bar chart
c. Scatter Chart
d. None of these

88. Best use of bullet graph

a. To compare two measures
b. Correlation
c. Graphical representation
d. A and B

89. Link to data is shown in which tab

a. Home Page
b. Data source page
c. First Page
d. All of these

90. Given a map, find out fields placed in size,shape,detail,color

a. Country,profit,state,sales
b. Longitude, latitude
c. Sales, state, country, profit
d. State, country, longitude, latitude

91. which is the aggregate way to calculate profit ratio:

a. sum(profit/sales)
b. profit/sales
c. sum(profit)/sum(sales)

92. Tableau cannot group the bins

a. True
b. False

93. Null values are considered along with other items in column while using count function
a. True
b. False

94. Which chart is used to show interquartile range in tableau?

a. Treemap
b. Gantt chart
c. Box and whisker plot

95. To use quick table calculations, what type of programming is required?

a. Java
b. SQL
c. Php
d. None of these

96. Sorting can be done at following levels

a. Data source order, Alphabetic, Field and manual
b. Data source order, Alphabetic and Field
c. Data source order and Alphabetic
d. Alphabetic and Field

97. How to use parameterized value to filter the view in worksheet?

a. Data filter
b. Calculated field
c. Context filter
d. Bin

98. You cannot select a measure that isn’t currently in the view as the basis for your reference
line
a. True
b. False
99. What type of connection is the given pic below?

100. Combining tables is called __________?

101. Combining data sources is called _________?

102. _________field is necessary for Data blending?

103. If the common field between two data sources is misspelled, will tableau be able to detect it? If yes
how? If no, then what can you do ?

104. if I have a field with records in the following format

ABC-XXX

ABC is string and XXX is a number. We would want to separate them into two different fields, is it
possible in tableau? If yes how to do it?

105. How can you improve tableau performance?

106. What do you use a Data Interpreter?

107. What is the purpose of measure names and measure values?

108. Name the 4 fields which we be generated automatically for any data source you take. (I will be very
happy if you name at least 3).

109. Is measure name DISCRETE or CONTINUOS?

110. What happens when you click on this symbol? Where can you find it?
111.. The property of combining two tables is called Data Blending? True or False?

112. What are the 5 Products of Tableau? Name all of them

113. Can I add a filter at data source level? True or False?

1. what represents the Color, Shape and Size of the mark.

2. Name the data source in the following to which Tableau cannot connect -- Flat files, RSS feed,
Relational Database
3. For automatic refresh of the dashboard, the dashboard should be published in -- Tableau
Viewer, Tableau Server, PDF, Excel
4. One question was on a plotted map and was asked to identify what the plotted values represent
5. When a measure is dragged to the row or column shelf, ---- is automatically created. (axis,
blend, mark,...)
6. Can we change the location of the saving the Tableau Workbooks.. ?(T/F)
7. Can we create sets from the drop menu of the measure column…? (T/F)
8. Find the date difference between ORDER DATE and TODAY’S DATE. (check in date functions you
will see the clue)
9. Is it mandatory to have the link column used for data blending to be in the visualization shelf.. ?
10. When we create an ad-hoc column which of the following method is used to save the column..
?
11. When we use the Order date filter, what will happen when you clear the filter?
12. Which of the following datasources can be used in Tableau (Flatfiles, Cloud, Powerpoint)
13. Which of the following is true for Preview datasource and Manage metadata ..? (Given four
options kind of true and flase, correct answer - We can find the Remote filed name immediately
as u open the datasource without using the drop down)
14. Which of the following is used to calculate the average sales of a subcategory, without using the
table calculation … ? ( {AVG(SALES)}, {TOTAL(AVG(SALES))}, etc… )
15. Will the data in the set be changed dynamically… ? (T/F)
16. Auto Refresh is enabled in____(tableau server, desktop etc.,)
17. Average line is available in ___??(analytics pane, analysis ,Data Pane etc.,)
18. If we use data blending based on one key column then to build visulization report do we need to
have key column (T/F)
19. In a map, find which dimension/measure is put in the Size, Colour and Detail shelves??
20. In Dashboard which object cannot be added___(text, blank, image, Power Point)
21. Mapping to an address level requires ____??
22. Name the data source in the following to which Tableau cannot connect -- Flat files, RSS feed,
Relational Database,Cloud
23. When we create an ad-hoc column which of the following method is used to save the column..
?
24. In Metadata Area there is an option that cannot be seen in preview data source drop-down
area??
 25. Tableau can connect to what type of datasources?? (Cloud, RSS Feed, SalesForce, splunk) need
to selet multiple answers…
26. How can a calculated field created in the marks card shelf be put into dimensions/measures of
datasource
27. How to join data from multiple datasources
28. Definition of groups - select the right statement
29. When to use measure values? (Creating an axis for multiple measures)
30. What are the elements needed to create a scatter plot?
31. In a dashboard which type of action is not available?
32. Which of the following servers can tableau connect to? Say true or false for each option
a. Cloudera Hadoop
b. Splunk
c. Zinker DB4
d. Marklogic
e. Amazon EMR

HANDS ON Questions

1. How would you show on tableau if I want to see only those states which are having sales more
than 200,000?
2. How would you show on tableau if I want to see customers whose names start with N?
3. Show me top 10/20/30 customers having highest profit.
4. Which region has got the second highest profit ratio? Profit Ratio ( profit/sales)
5. Show me top 10 cities with highest “number of records”
6. Find the number of customers who gets discount less than 2 %
7. Using Global Superstore, which Country sub category has average Ship time (Day difference
between Order date and Ship date)?
8. Using Global Superstore, which Country has average Ship time (Day difference between Order
date and Ship date)?
9. How many products have average lead days (ship date – order date) of 7?
10. Add trend lines and show R square value?
11. Calculate the forecast for September 2015, in a report created for Monthly Sales…
12. Campaign done in 2012. Find cumulative sales for customers who first purchased in 2012.
13. Connect Orders, Managers and Returns in Global Superstore and find out which Manager has
largest number of returns
14. Find the Population Growth YoY (i.e. 2014 on 2013) using Population data
15. Find the region where top 20 customers contributed to more than 10% of the sales for that
region
16. Using Global Superstore, identify the Regions where Top 20 Customers that have overall Profit
Ratio (Profit as % of Sales) which is double the Profit Ratio of other Customers in the Region.
17. Using Global Superstore, identify the Sub-Categories where Top 20 Customers that have Sales
more than the other Sub-Categories in the same Region.
18. For Australia, what is the cumulative value of Average CO2 Emissions on July 2006
19. For Pipeline Projects, which Region has the highest cost? (choose between Austria, Jordan,
Poland, Turkey)
20. In Global Superstore, how many Sub-Categories have negative profits..?
21. What is the full form of .tde?
22. Loan Info has Category/Subcategory-status. Find the rank of "Food Production" Subcategory by
Number of Loans
23. Lowest profit for a combo of Category-Segment-Region
24. Max Female Life Expectancy for Asia Region
25. Plot a Box chart with Profit by Region and identify the Sub-Category with maximum distribution.
26. Rank of Asia for Inbound Tourism in the year 2007 and if it increased/decreased from 2006
27. Simple Question using the Split column functionality, which year has maximum sales… ?
28. using the Split column functionality, which year has maximum Profit… ?
29. What is the overall Sales for a particular year? (There was no Year column in the data set. There
was Order Id column that had (Org - Year - Number) concatenation. In order to answer this, we
have to split the Order Id column into 3 separate columns, Name the Year column and use it in
the graph.
30. Using Gas Pipelines, Which Region has highest miles population
31. Using Global Superstore, calculate the return% of a particular Region
32. Using Global Superstore, create a histogram, with a sales bin of $1000, and see which bin has
maximum profit for the given Order numbers.
33. Using Global Superstore, Creating bins of 1000's for Sales, which bin has the maximum overall
Profits by Region?
34. Using Global Superstore, Creating histogram of 1000's for Sales, which bin has the maximum
overall Profits by Region?
35. Using Global Superstore, find the forecasted value of Aug 2015 sales??
36. Using Global Superstore, identify the Country in South America which has four bordering
Countries with no Sales?
37. Using Globals Superstore data, find which sub-category has returns > 5 %
38. Using Orders and Returns from Global Superstore, which Region had the highest Return %
(Return as % of Total Sales) for Tables Sub-Category?
39. Using Orders and Returns on Global Superstore, identify the Manager whose Region Sales were
greater than the Overall Average Sales?
40. Using Orders in Global Superstore, which Sub-Category has Standard Deviation for Sales and
Profit one point more than the Mean of Sales and Profit?
41. Using SuperStore identify the office supply category where top 3 customers have negative
profits along the region??(identify count of of negative profits)
42. Using Superstore, In which of the following regions the Subcategory Office Supplies has sales
more than the Overall Average sales
43. Using World Indicators, what is the Maximum Female Life Expectancy in South Asia?
44. Using World Indicators, which Country has the highest Average Mobile usage% ?
45. What is the top performing sub-category for the year 2011
46. Which European country has the lowest profit in Furniture for 2012
47. Which Sales Bin of 1000 has Profit Ratio below 5%
48. Which Customer Segment has got highest profits and in which region?
49. Which Customer Segment has got negative average profit in East region and in which year?
50. Name the 1 st and 10 th customer with highest profit average
51. Name the two regions in which Furniture gives discount of maximum 25%
52. What is the sum of sales of Large Box(container) in Q2 (Quarter2)?
53. On which Day of the Order Date is the sum of Order Quantity 16,865?
54. Which Customer Segment has got the highest number of records and what is the value?
55. Name the item with highest average order quantity of 35.08
56. Where in tableau can I find grand total option?
57. What is the total average of Top 10 items by order quantity?
58. Find the number of records of category that end with ‘a’
59. Find the sum of sales value for that customer having highest count of customer ID.
60. What are the 5 products of tableau and which product is used only to view tableau reports?
61. What are context filters in tableau?
62. Which month has got profit of 172,899?
63. Which region has got highest profit percentage of over 80%
64. Which region has got a difference of (142.259) to central region?
65. Which customer has the highest % of profit in central region?
66. What is profit % of second customer in TOP10 Customers by sales per furniture?
67. Which region has got the max value of discount and how much is it?
68. What is minimum value of shipping cost in Adrian(city)?
69. What is the percentage difference of central from east region?
70. What is the percetange of total sales for “home office” in july 2012?
71. What is the profit difference of “home office” from “furniture” in 2013?
72. What is the avg running total of futniture in department?
73. Find the total avg of sales of TOP 30 customers by sales per furniture in central region
74. Find top 10 items by profit within each region. Which item is ranked 2 in both central and East
region?
75. Create a group of those countries which has a sale value less than 100,000, and what is the
total sale value of that group?
76. What is the shipping cost of Central & South together? Is it higher than shipping cost of
East &West together? If yes, how much?
77. Name the categories that fall under 1% of sales
78. Find top 10 categories by average discount
79. What is the profit percentage of top 10 customers by sales over others?
80. Find top 10 customers by max profit, what is the average disscount of those 10 customers
over other customers
81. What is the difference in sales of citites having average profit of more than 60%, over the
others.